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if vi - J r , ? . i ; . , . i I ; i . - - 3 ; ----- ... ; - . . 1 - - . s - - ' -- ; - - ' m VOL. 1. ASHEVILLE, THURSDAY, FEHRUART 13, 1890. NO. 19. Looking Backward i i Over the past eight years of our successful business life in Ashe ville; has demonstrated to us the fact that our determination to sell only pure goods, guarantee ing Aveights and quality, and asking a small profit on every thing sold, commends itself to the good sense of purchasers. Second, That desirable cus tomers cannot be gained by the oft-tried practice of some deal ers in cutting prices on a few leading articles, hoping to make it up pn something else. That hard work and close ap plication to business is the price of success. ; I That our business for 1889 shows an increase over the pre viouslyear of 20 per cent., which is very gratifying, and for which we wish to thank our many friends in Asheville and Western North Carolina. Looking We are encouraged to enter up on th'e year before us with re newed energy and a determina tion to give our customers the benefit of our increased facili ties fpr buying and selling the very finest goods to be had, at small profits. Our! stock is now the largest ever offered in this market and embraces everything in the line of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Table Flour, Delicacies, Fruits, Grain, etc. Respectfully, Powell & Snider. BON MARCHE Calls particular attention to the splen- I ! s - did stoqk of Ladies' and Children's wraps. i i - i Ladies' land Children's Underwear; real good and real cheap. I Infants long 1 - ! Cloaks and Caps. Art embroidery ma terials and wools of every description a specialty. P. D., R. & G. Thompson's Glove Fitting and Warner's Corsets Ladies Can find articles here ' not found in any Other establishment in the city A call solicited by Forward ir- : : is O a S g G2 I - !!-H I 2 t i 02 r ? o r & 2 CD cog P- S o O I S J o Op i !Q O C J 3 3 g GO 3 l" ' ! 9 p 1 i i i LIPINSKT & ELLICK Local Briefs Sheriff Reynolds left Tuesday Sot Ral eigh,! taking with him six prisoners. If you want to reach the best class of city ind farmer readers, adyertise in the Asheville Democrat. i Farmers and j housewives praise The Democrat. Every issue contains mat ter of use and interest to them. The premium sale of leaf tobacco takes place at the Alliance warehouse to-day. There will be some fine tobacco on the floor Six premiums are to I be awarded. regret to learn of the death of Col. Julian Allen, which occurred at his home in Statesville on Saturday: Col. A. was a Pole, an educated gentleman and useful citizen. i i ' ' I -'If t ' Our tobacco market keeps up better than ever before at this season. Prices range well, and supplies are well kept up. pur farmersj generally are in better condition than they have been for years. Mrs. W. S. Van Zandt and Miss Ella Higgins, of Flemington, N. J., arrived in Asheyille on Tuesday and expect; to spend several months here.; They are stopping at Mr. Rector's, 155 K. Main st. Maj. H. G. Lee of the banking firm of H. G.jLee & Co.,of Shelby died last Sunday morning in Knoxville where he had large property interests, j His death wras tjie result of blood poisoning f rbm an old wound in the leg received during the war, I ! ; " . I''!. ! Our old friend Warren G. Elliott Esq., for some years a prominent merchant of Norfolk, but a native of North Carolina, has been made President of the Wilming ton and Weldon railroad. The Demo crat congratulates the road as well as Mr. Elliott. , ; P Th6 concerts on Tuesday and Wed nesday nights of the Schubert Quartette of Chicago have excited the enthusiasm of all our musical peopled The two audiences at the Opera Hall and the Bat tery Park were all delighted. They ap peared under the auspices of the Y. M OA. !'.' Mayor Blanton has appointed Messrs. T. D. Johnston, II. A. Gudgef and G. S. Powell a committee to examine into and advise! upon the establishment of a park for the city. This is one of the best and most important m6ves yet taken. The Murdock property, if it can be had at a reasonable price, could be made one of the handsomest parks this section or any other could afiord j A Dangerous Medicine. In these days of f La Grippe" the fol lowing caution from the Charlotte News jncerning a medicine which is much prescribed for the epidemic is timerly. The medicine referred to is ! autinvrin and the ISews says: ' I The! doctors tell us that people should be very carefnl in using this dangerous drug, j One physician says: 'The medi cal profession are not yet themselves acquainted with this powerful drug. One thing we do know : it is as great! a heaat depressant as any drug we have. And we also know that many cases of sudden heart failure and death have been and are due to its unguarded use. I have been almost staggered at the doses peo ple take, and it does seem a shame that it can; be bought in the open market without presciption. j j . . It is: a poison, and is not intended for promiscusous use any more than arsenic or strychnine'" To Country Merchants. The; Democrat invites your attention to the immense and well selected stocks of goods now in jsheville, embracing everything wanted in this country. Our merchants are prepared to fill orders on as goocl terms as any other city can of fer. Our manufacturers and merchants are determined to leave no excuse for merchants in Western Carolina or East Tennessee to go elsewhere to buy stocks. The wholesale trade of Asheville is rap idly increasing, but there is large room for further increase. It will be made to ! I i the interest of merchants to trade in Asheville. Let all try it. - 'i . -K . . r Another Family Grocery Messrs. T. B. Hamilton & Co. have opened at No. 22 (jBig 22") Patton ave nue a full line of fine family groceries. Mr. Hamilton recently came to Asheville from Bryan, Texa$, and was so much pleased with Asheville, its attractions and prospects, "that he determined to "pitch! his tentV right here, f Mr. W. V. Tenhet, a " Buncombe boy," is with this firm, and friends'. ; will be pleased to see his The University off ers a three months course ; especially tO) make teachers, free of tuition beginning February 24. No examinations are required for entrance. The program is very attractive. All teachers desirous of improvement should write to President Battle for a circular. STREET PAjVING. The Contract Signed for j one Mile of Work. - j ! ' i The final consideration of the proposal to pave one mile of streets, ! one-fourth each j way from public square, was reached Tuesday nigjht at a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen by the approval of a con Young, of Memphis for ract jwith Gen. using the Hale foundation and Holwood brick. The ! i , i i contract requires the wc-rk to be begun not later than 1st Junej next, and to be completed not later than 1st! November next. Upon completion of the contract, one-sixth of the cost of the whole to be paid in cash, the remainder in five equal annual installments. The cost per square yard is 1.85, and 5 dents per square yard additional for keeping it in perfect repair for fifteen years. The i total cost is estimated to be abott $30,000. The contractor! is allowed !to use a certain proportion of macadam now in the streets, the remainder tol be loaded at his which the city expense, on city carts,! i i will use m macadamizing other streets now sadly in need of improvement. Much opposition was, and is, manifest- ed to this contract by leading citizens; first, some contending the authorities have no right to contract a debt without the authority of the citiziens obtained by a popular vote; second, that the proposi tion should have been submitted to bid ders by proper and f ullj advertisement third, that the city had jtist spent agrea ; deal of money for macadamizing, spe cially on Patton avenue, which woulc now be lost, and the city was not now prepared to assume this obligation. In answer to this it was ! said, first that the taxes now levied for street pur poses only were to be used for this pur pose, or a certain proportion of them, which would secure thi work withouf any additional cost to thje taxpayer, and the City Attorney sustained the legality of the use of funds already provided fof for this purpose. Second, that Gen! Young, owning and controlling the ex4 elusive right to use the Hale foundation for Asheville, and having offered its use at a lower cost than other cities had se cured it for there could J be no good ac complished In advertising for bidders. Third, that it being evident a better system of pavement was absolutely rej quired for bur principal streets than the, present, and being offered the work at the lowrest obtainable price, it is better to have at least the amount! proposed done now than defer it, jespecialiy as nq additional taxes would be required to meet the outlay ; and the; macadam now on the streets to be paved could and ! i i f would be used, at comparatively light expense, in improving several important connecting streets. After full argument Alderman ! Puli liam offered a resolution approving the contract made by the committee with Gen. Young, which was adopted, Messrsj Pulliani, Fitzpatrick, Wolfe and Leonard voting for, and Messrs. Miller and Mc-i Dowell against. The Street Railway (lo. are required to nave between the tracks iri a similar, manner, so ithat passage over the track can be easily and safeiy knadej which is not now, nor can be, the case with the!: present system Whether there will be any steps taken! to test the legality of thus pledging thej credit of tie city for fie years, we arej not advised.! We have doubted the legal right of the authorities !to pledge reve nues beyond . the levy annually made, without consent first obtained from the voters, as no levy can longer period than one able City Counsel, after be made ior a vear : but the careful consid- erationj decides otherwise. Uur pain streets certainly require to be paved in a better and more permanent manner than the present system affords, and we com mend the desire of the authorities to adopt some more perfect jslan. j The sys tern agreed upon we believe to be the best in use, and, according to prices: paid for it elsewhere, is offered at as low a figure, we dare say, as it can be done for We regret that a test could not be made of j a smaller amount, hot involving so much cost, so that the public seeing what it is and how it works, could either ex tend it as they would do if satisfactory or, II- not satisiaciorv, aaopt somei other method, even at 4 little greater cost. Gen. Young says he wi bor and home material to l! 1 use home la-1 the very extent of his ability. This is light The Demo- crat believes and insist$ that ; home la bor, in all respects, be giyen preference in all improvements, private as well as public. Those who sharejthe burdens cf the city are entitled to all the benefits possible of city expenditures. . i - i i . There were three hangings in the State on Friday last. They were Lige Moore, colored, at Greensboro, Manley Panckey, for murder, in Montgomery j Co., j and John Wilson j for murder j in Yancey Co. The Glen Bock Hotel. I'M ! The Glen Rock Hotel was I christened on Monday (with a banquet at which were present Mayor Blanton and several of the city aldermen, a number of lead ing business men, representatives j of the press and others. The . Glen Rock is a large three story frame j building in Queen Anne style. It is elegantly fin ished inj North Carolina hard wood, which ws all prepared right here in Asheville; by the Asheville! Furniture Company. The four score ' of rooms are also richly furnished with furniture by the same company. The! complete plumbing throughout the house was done by Messrs. Ballard, Rich & Boyce, of Asheville. The house is lighted by gas made on the premises.! The en tire finish and: equipment of the house is first class in every particular.! It is im mediately near the railroad depot but it is by no means merely !a ; wayside inn, but one which invites guests to perma nent comfort and luxuryl E. W. Burk holder was the architect! The Glen Rock is a splendid advertisement for the activity of Asheville and; adds largely to her capacity for the yearly increasing visitors. Mr. A. G. Hallyburton received the sincere congratulations; of his guests as after the dinner and inspection of the hotel they dispersed in the best of spirits. ;. ; - H; - arrivals; at the glen rock. Below : are the arrivals of the! Glen Rock for i February 10 and llth: J. H. McDowell, A. M. Butt, J. E. Heffelpin ger, W. Edmuston, Springfield, O.; W. N. Young, Kenton, Va.; M. B. Wilker son, Michi; H. M. Brickford, Boston, W. W. Berry, T. S. McBee, city, Frank Ford, Luther! Stanley, Mich., W. O. Knight, Richmond, W. Nj Round, Chi cago; W. R. Crawford, W. A. Moweryf Salisbury; A. L. Dumee, Atlanta;! L P. Owens, Louisville, Ky.; J. F. Light, N. C. Light j Dyersburgh, Tenri.; I. Walker, Granger co.; W. O. Knight, Richmond, Va.; II. C. Trot, W. A. James, W. N. C. R. R.; Judge Brown, N. C; B. G. Gaden, John Morphew,! Marion; M. L. Alshut, T XT' "1-k T" J J L T T r- "TXT" -x-k w, i. irenniman, j. u. Cameron, vv . a. Gwyn, Thos. W. Branch, W. W. West, D. M. Vance, D. W. Furman, A. H. Baird,R. L. Fitzpatrick, T. C. Smith, F. M. Miller, McD Carson, B. Jones, Ed R. Overman, Geo. S. Powell, S. E. Cun ningham, C. D. Blanton, II. C. Fagg, T. F. Haughton, J. H. Carter, W. V. Low, A. K. McCown, R. F. Camp, J. R. Mock, J. A. Davenport, R. P. Foster, T. C. McNeeleyJ Wi W. C. Francis,! Pinnerder,1 I. S. Baker, D. L. Reynolds, W. T. Reynolds, F. P. Mimnaugh, II. E. Ful enwider, R. G. Trezevant, Asheville, H. W. Shaw, New York ; ! J. N. Richmond, Vai; J. S. Cralley, Bay Rice, City, Mich.; C. S. Mason, Toledo, Ohio ; W R. Woodward, W. N. C. R. R.; G. A. Haylets, Media, Pa.; C. A. I Knoxville Tenn.; J. M. Kerns, N. C; Mrs. W. Morgan and Son, Pacolet, S. C; J. Wi Rumple,; B. F. Lindsay, Salisbury, N. C; J. F. Blair, City; Jl M. Morgan, Salisbury ;; Ed Evans, A. M. Fryj Bry son City; Frank Werlder, N. C; C. H Brackens, j Springfield, Mass.; J. D. El liot, Hickory, NL C; R. Wriswell, Phila delphia, Pa.; yal. Dysert, P. P. C. Co.; I. R, Nicholson, W. A. West, W. N. C. R. R.; I. F. Haughton, Will Mowery, Salisbury ; j I. P. Owens, Louisville, Ky.; Miss Annie Cain, Durham ; Miss Kate Carson, Statesville ; Mary Mills, Mor- ganton, NJ C. Married. On the jllth, our young friend Robt V. Miller, son of Alderman Miller, was happily married to Miss Delia Young, daughter of Col. W. R. Young, at the residence of Col; Y., on Charlotte street ; Rev. W. S. P. Bryan officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Miller took the 1 p. m. train east to i j S k : visit friends. The best wishes of The Democrat go; out to the young couple Miss Amoret Cameron, of Wilmington, who has a wide circle of friends in this city, was married on Wednesday night last, in St. John's Episcopal Church, at Wilmington, to Mr. Herbert Price, of Asheville. Mr. D. C. Among the attendants were Waddell. Jr.. and Mr. Tom McBee, of Asheville. Would Never Get Over It. ; In its report of court preceedings last week the Statesrille Landmark says : A witness was asked Tuesday if he had not hppn charsred with sellina: his vote. 1 He denied it, but said he had voted the Dem ocratic ticket j all his life until the last election when he had voted Republican, and he did not believe he would ever get over that last vote. ! !: - - " ! Some of the t'good old ways" still pre vail in Statesville. The Landmark says Monday of court the crowd in town was as large as it r usually is "Tuesday of court," Tuesday it was larger than! was ever seen here before on a similar occas ion. The jockey lots were crowded and business was brisk. The stock had been helped np early in the day; and by 10 o clock business was lively and so con tinued all day and into the night. JOHN WlLSON HANGED ! A Description of the Tragedy as i Portrayed by an Eye Witness. 1 I- ' j .' - - I -1 . t ' Burxsville, N. C, FebJ7. At one o'clock to-day John Wilson was brought rom the County Jail by Sheriff Woody and Deputy Sheriff Proffitt, who escorted him to the wagon which was;to take him to the place of execution. The scaffold being reached Wilson was led by Sheriff Woody upon the gallows, arid after the death warrant was read Rev. W. A. Robinson ascended the scaffold and read a chapter from the Bible which Wilson had carried out I with him. ! Then the prisoner knelt and , prayed fervently for himself, his enemies, his family, and the widow and children of the man he had murdered. : ' ! . - '.''!' 1 H The sheriff then, assisted 1 by .deputy Proffitt, bound his hands and legs, ad justed the rope and black cap, and pre cisely at 1.30 the drop fell. Hundreds turned their backs upon - the! awful scene while thousands gazed j intently at the victim suspended motionless at the rope's end. His pulse was" still beating at 2.10 but life was extinct at 2.15. ! It has been more than two 'decades since a like occurrence was witnessed in old Yancey, this being the second ion the ist of hangings in her history. i Walt. Ray. On the War Path! Pur townsman Col. 11. U. Hunt is thus referred to in the Washington City Post! of the 3d: "Mr. H. C, Hunt, of Asheville, one of the leading (citizens of North Carolina, and who was the first delegate from that State to support Har risori for the presidential nomination at the; Chicago convention! in 18S8, has changed his views recently and is now one of the conspicuous anti-adniinistra-tion Republicans-irom the South. Mr. Hunt was originally a candidate I for Commissioner of Railways, arid later for the position of special agent pf the In terior Department.! He claims tt have been treated with a great lack j of consid eration. When asked for a schedule of his grievances he replied : 'I .may have something to say publicly in a few; days, but nothing just at present.) My opin ions regarding the" President and Sec retary Noble, however, are not very flat tering,'" ' I rr .- - - -I . ;h ;! An Old Landmark Gone.: ; We chronicle with sincere j regret' the death of our old friend Wm. R. Murray, which occurred last Saturday! at I his horrid near Busbee this county. it Mr; Mur ray had reached the ripe old age of 86. He was always regarded as one of the best men of the county,' one whose; judgment was sought on all questions of local public affairs. He was one of! the ! board of county commissioners who, when the county was thought tQ be poor and una" ble to enter upon public I improvements of a j permanent character, had j nerve enough to vote a tax of $35,000 to build our! present court house. For jj many years and until very recently! he was a maa-istrate. He leaves a wife arid sev eral children, among whom is pur towns man 'J. L. Murrv, Esq., the. Efficient su perintendent of the city Peace to his ashes ! wa er WOTkSt j H. W. Fitch & Col The Democrat has already mentioned the! purpose of this firm of master me- chanics and workmen to establish a new woodworking factory in Asheville ; and . ' i " -' 1 .1 i. ii . l . now we are glad to announce j that their new factory building on Southside ave nue, ion the street railway, is rapidly nearing completion, and not J later than the first of March, if bad weather does not interfere, will be in full operation. They! are now receiving and putting in place! a full line of the very! best, ma chinery for the manufacture of mantels, interior finish, stair and veranda work, mouldings, frames, and general fine and plain j wood-work j jobbing. They i are first class, graduated mechiinics, and their Work will equal in design, finish, and! prices any that can be done: any where. They will employ from 15 to 20 skilled workmen. The Democrat wishes them abundant success. j j l The Democrat. We must express our gratification at the ; kindly expressions of the people, fanners and business men, toward Thb Democrat, and the work it is doing for the I material interests of our section. We strive to make it useful to the people of ! the entire section, and we hope pur friends will aid in enlarging its circula tion. We will give the money's worth to every subscriber. Send in names with the money. j Transylvania Beef On Tuesday Messrs. J. E. Reed & Co? exhibited in their meat mark'et, Demo crat j building, as fine beef as ever was produced anywhere, large, fat and ten der. lit was raised in Transylvania, and sustained what The, Democrat claims, that onr farmers can produce as fine, fat beef as any in the world. 5 $ J. S. Grant, Ph. a. (Of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.) Apothecary, 24 South Main St. PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully Tilled at All Hours. jf '"I j-j I r ! :; y ' ! i- '" -r -! it J K. K. K. ' - - ! 1 Keep a Klear Konscicnce By trading with Bostic Bros. & Wright. For this week you will find them making a special drive in Ladies Dress Goods and Trimmings, u All grades. Having an unusually pretty stock of dry goods, cordially in vite the ladies to call and look at our goods, feeling sure we can suit your tastes Xactly. Henriettas in all colors; Flannels and Serges in solid colors and stripes. Bostic Bros, i frit's 11 NORTH COURT SQUARE. LEADING DRY GOODS AND SHOE HOUSE IN ASHEVILLE. paduiBig anjnnao aqj qq pus ajng 061 B3JOJ 66 f 'snoodg box xas naa wM PW J3l -ojg $ soh 1 3ava AvanoH saxoKvia axv 'saooo H3AHS omiiais w aioD aim jo Jioog q? nroasxa puy oiaarai shx XV TIYD OX ftiT.T.TA KTT !T)TV flOl